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Three Huskers Earn Academic All-America Honors


Photo Credit: NU Athletic Communications
Photo Credit: NU Athletic Communications
The Nebraska volleyball program garnered three College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America honors on Tuesday. 
 
Bergen Reilly and Lexi Rodriguez were named to the CSC Academic All-America First Team, and Merritt Beason was selected to the CSC Academic All-America Second Team. 
 
The three selections increased Nebraska volleyball's total to 43 Academic All-America awards, the most of any volleyball program in NCAA history. The University of Nebraska has produced 365 NCAA Division I Academic All-Americans across all sports.
 
This marks the first time since 2008 that the Nebraska volleyball program has had three Academic All-Americans in one season, as well as two student-athletes among the seven on the first team. Nebraska's three honorees were followed by Creighton's two. No other Division I school had multiple honorees. 
 
Rodriguez earned her third career Academic All-America honor and second straight first-team accolade. The senior libero recorded a 3.65 undergraduate GPA and 4.00 graduate GPA pursuing a master's in integrated media communication. She joins Sarah Pavan, Laura Pilakowski, Janet Kruse and Virginia Stahr as the only three-time Academic All-Americans in Nebraska volleyball history. Rodriguez was a four-time AVCA All-American for the Huskers and finished her career as Nebraska's career leader in digs with 1,897. 
 
Reilly earned Academic All-America honors for the first time in her career. The sophomore setter carries a 3.81 GPA majoring in business and law. Reilly is a two-time AVCA All-American and two-time Big Ten Setter of the Year. 
 
Beason was also named an Academic All-American for the first time. The senior opposite hitter posted a 3.57 undergraduate GPA and a 4.00 graduate GPA pursuing a master's in applied science. Beason finished her two-year Husker career with All-Big Ten First Team honors both years, as well as AVCA All-America First Team accolades in 2023. 
 

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